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Wait a second. I want to gripe about worship music :-/

In today's selection of contemporary "I'm gonna Praise and Worship" songs, there was a generous sprinkling of references to 'Your presence." We seek Your presence. Your presence is a treasure. We've come into your presence. Show us your presence and so on.

I sat there wondering if this is the modern "I'm gonna Praise and Worship" movement chasing its own tail? Is the "presence" of God mentioned in these songs largely a code word for the experience called "feeling God's presence" that is roughly the equal of having a really good band/group lead in some highly emotive praise choruses? In other words, are the songs saying "We are really excited about getting the feeling that God is around, and the best way to get that feeling is these songs."?